Worker Wages Stagnate as Medicaid Home Care Spending Rises
Raising Reimbursement Rates and Wages Would Support a Stable Workforce and Better Care, LDI Fellows Say
Improving Care for Older Adults
Improving the health, well-being, independence, and care of older adults.
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Research Updates
Enrollment Grows in Integrated Managed Care Plans for Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents
Enrollment Remains Modest for Those on Medicare and Medicaid, but Specialized I-SNPs Drive Growth
Caring for the Family Caregivers Made Ill by Their Work
Randomized Controlled Trial Tests an Online Health Coaching Intervention
Why People With Dementia Prefer Aging in Place, Despite All The Missing Supports
Many Patients And Care Partners Don’t Plan For Future Needs Until Forced To Do So, LDI Fellows Find
How Do Ownership Changes Affect Nursing Home Quality?
After Acquisition, Staffing Declines Lead to a Small Negative Impact on Overall Quality
Older Americans in Subsidized Housing Suffer More Frailty and Dementia and Are Sent to Nursing Homes More Often Than Peers
Home-Based Programs Hold Promise to Improve Their Health
Sean Hennessy Wins Clinical Pharmacology Society Award
Honored for Outstanding Contributions to the Field
Photo Report from the Population Aging Research Center 2024 Retreat
Defining the Health and Health Care Problems and Prospects of Aging Americans
The Population Health Calamity Evidenced in U.S. Life Expectancy Statistics
And What it Portends for Aging Adult Health in the Coming Decades
Our Experts
Meet LDI Fellows whose expertise relates to improving care for older adults.
Molly Candon, PhD
- Associate Fellows Program Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
Bruce Kinosian, MD
- Associate Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI
- Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, Penn Nursing
- Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Science, Penn Nursing
Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Sherif Olanrewaju, PhD, MPS
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Penn Nursing
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD
- John M. Eisenberg Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Claire Regan, DNP, CRNP
- PhD Student, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, Penn Nursing
Improving Care for Older Adults Working Group
This working group brings people together to address questions relating to access, quality, and financing of care particularly relevant to an aging society and to disseminate related research. Care includes acute care, post-acute care, home care, caregiving, long-term services and supports, nursing homes, assisted living and other residential care options, hospice, and care received at the end of life.